Ferragosto in museums

Overlooking Piazza Castello, the Royal Palace, the Savoy Gallery, the Royal Armoury, the Royal Library and the Archaeological Museum, the Chapel of the Holy...

A baroque palace in the centre of Turin houses the oldest Egyptian museum in the world. Founded in 1824, it is considered the most important museum of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo. The extraordinary collection of statues, papyri, sarcophagi...

Among the most important in the world for the richness of its heritage, the National Cinema Museum owes its uniqueness to the peculiarity of its exhibition layout. Housed in the Mole Antonelliana, Turin’s symbolic monument, the Museum spirals...

From baroque masterpiece to Senate of the Kingdom A visit to the Madama Palace is a way of travelling through time: from its Roman foundations to the medieval towers and on to the sumptuous baroque of the staircase by Juvarra. The palazzo has its...

A baroque gem dominating the city. In 1706, during the French-Spanish siege, the duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II climbed to a vantage point at Superga to watch the enemy advance. Here he promised that, if victory were achieved, he...

Starting out in the 11th century as a military stronghold, Rivoli Castle is now home to the Museum of Contemporary Art which has a prestigious permanent collection and temporary major exhibitions in an original historical and architectural context....